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Greek border guards ‘detained, sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped’ refugees
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Refugees gather as riot police guard a gate in Moria camp on the north-eastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece

A RIGHTS organisation has accused Greece’s security forces of committing a wide range of abuse on refugees and blasted the European Union for praising the country’s border control measures.

Human Rights Watch said today that Greek security forces have “detained, assaulted, sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped asylum-seekers and migrants” before forcing some back to Turkey.

“The European Union is hiding behind a shield of Greek security-force abuse instead of helping Greece protect asylum-seekers and relocate them safely throughout the EU,” said Nadia Hardman, a refugee-rights researcher and campaigner at Human Rights Watch.

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